Back-stop for game-boards.



No. 654,063. Patented July l7, I900.

H. HASKELL.

BACK STOP/FOR GAME BOARDS.

(Application filed Jan. 30, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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HENRY L. HASKELL, OF LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGN OR TO THE LUDINGTONNOVELTY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BACK-STOP FOR GAM E-BOARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,063, dated J uly17, 1900.

Application filed January 30, 1900. Serial No. 3,341. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. HAsKELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ludington, in the county of Mason and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Back-Stops forGame- Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in back-stops for game-boards.Its object is to provide a back-stop which may be conveniently packedand quickly applied; and to this end it comprises, essentially, twoseparable parts adapted to be placed at substantially right angles toeach other on adjacent sides of the game=board and secured together atthe meeting ends.

It also comprises an erasable surface, on

which may be kept the score of the game. In the drawings, Figure 1represents a gameboard with my device applied. Fig. 2 represents aninside plan View of the two divisions separated, and Fig. 3 represents aperspective back view of a modification.

In the drawings, 1 represents one side of the back-stop, and 2 the otherside.

3 represents a game-board, and at a channel in the game-board, in whichthe parts of the back-stop may be placed so that they may be heldupright.

5 represents a tenon or joint, and 6 slots in the opposite side of theback-stop, adapted to receive the tenon 5. The tenon 5 may be reinforcedon the back by cloth or other material to prevent it from tearing.

6 represents an erasable surface. Obviously this erasable surface maycover all or part of the back-stop but I prefer to have it cover onlyaportion, so as not to interfere with the round corner. This erasablesurface may be plain, or it may have, as I have indicated upon it, anarrangement of lines and words to guide the score and of course may bearany other directions or printed matter.

At 7 and 8 I have shown mortises in the modified form, which are adaptedto join two parts together, the reinforcing material being indicated at9.

The parts of this back-stop may readily be separated and packed flatwith the gameboard and at any time quickly put together and applied, theconstruction being then such as to be peculiarly adapted to theround-corner game boards so generally used in combination games or inthe game-boards which are the subject of my patents. It is desirablethat the locking-joints should be flexible, and this is, in fact,essential where the back-stop is to be applied, as shown in Fig. 1, to agame-board with a rounded corner. This form of backstop is alsoapplicable to square-cornered boards, especially with the form shown inFig. 3, and is therefore of universal application.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is 1. A back-stop comprising two separable parts, the partshaving corresponding flexible locking-joints.

2. A back-stop comprising two separable parts, the parts havingcorresponding looking parts, and an erasable score-surface.

3. A flexible back-stop comprising jointed sections, one of the sectionsbearing an erasable surface.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. HASKELL.

Witnesses:

W. L. HAMMOND, H. WOODWARD.

